Random helpful hints I've learned in my adventures PG and as a mom

You can make yourself anemic by taking too much calcium becasue it blocks iron absorption so don't take any calcium (or tums, milk etc) w/in 2 hours either way of your iron.

Frosted Minispooners are a great iron supplement--90% iron and 100% folate with fiber so they don't constipate like iron pills. I keep them as a car snack.

Capri Sun drink pouches rock in the summer. you can freeze some to keep the rest of your snack cool and then they will be cold hours later when LO is thirsty. They have 100% juice and drinks w/o HFCS and artificial coloring.

Amber teething necklaces for babies rock.

Instant oatmeal in a length of nylon makes an awesome oatmeal bath w/o the mess and cheap.

Memory foam mattress pads are great for sore hips--the thicker the better! Overstock.com has the best prices.

Pack a bag with coloring books, toys--whatever is age appropriate--and keep in the car for when you are at restaurants or waiting rooms to keep LO(s) entertained. Also put in plastic spoons, bibs, table covers and crackers--don't rely on the restaurant to have baby/kid stuff--they can run out.

Buy sand toys in August on sale--they get lost, broken and aren't always available!

Back up baby pictures on a removable HD. Title the important ones because you will get a lot of pictures FAST so you don't want to have to sort through 1000 pics looking for that first smile pic if the pics are all April2011 1, .April2011 2 etc.

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95% of my posts are made from my iphone and often while multitasking so there are going to be errors and I rarely proofread--sorry.

Take belly pics even though you are grossed out by yourself. Once that baby is out, you will want to remember your beautiful pregnancy because all the bad stuff gets easily forgotten.

Pack roomy clothes for the hospital discharge. Even if you only gained 14 pounds, sometimes the thought of anything around your crotch (like jeans) makes you cringe and you do not want DH trying to pick better clothes for you last minute. Its okay to leave the hospital looking like crap. You JUST had a baby.

Keep a hair clip with your nursing cover (if you use one), I got terrible anxiety with my hair all around my face when nursing for some reason.